The meeting was held on 26. 10. 2017 at SMWA, Wilhelm-Buck-Straße 2, 01097 Dresden. The invited person was die oberste Landesbehörde des Freistaates Sachsen.

The Department of Economics of the State Ministry is responsible for the promotion of resident and relocated businesses in the Free State of Saxony and is therefore an important partner in the promotion of SMEs.

The first item on the agenda was a short report on the ongoing Project Ratio:

RATIO = Regional Actions To Innovate Operational Programs

• Interreg Europe project

• Pillar 1: Reinforcing research and innovation and technical development with a particular focus on improving policy for innovation

• Generally measures for economic development in rural areas

• Focus on SMEs

Aim:

- Economic policy ideas / recommendations / control directly addressed to political program: Innovation Strategy Saxony

Miss Dr. Schöne is currently accompanying the revision of the innovation strategy of the Free State of Saxony. In these we can bring the action recommendations gained from the RATIO project into the consultation process. It was voted on the continuation of the innovation strategy, as well as the current processing status discussed.